Verhoeven Effect

We dive into the weird world of Dredd. In a violent post apocalypse future, police are now judges and can dispense punishment at the scene of the crime. Judge Dredd and rookie Anderson go to Peach Trees to solve a crime and get caught inside and marked for death. Act 1: 28:48 Act 2: 47:07 Act 3: 1:13:11 Director - Pete Travis Cinematographer - Anthony Dod Mantle Written by - Alex Garland Cast - Ka...

We dive into the weird world of Fast Five. An improbable team of car guys, ex cons, and ex cops Run off to Brazil to escape the Feds. The cross paths with a violent gang and make a plan to rob them. Director - Justin Lin Cinematographer - Stephen F. Windon Written by - Chris Morgan Cast - Vin Diesel , Paul Walker , Dwayne Johnson

We dive into the weird world of Monsters. A probe brings alien life to Earth but it crashes in Mexico and now giant squid like aliens are wondering around Northern Mexico and America's violent response may be worse than the aliens existence.

We dive into the weird world of District 9. In Johannesburg South Africa, a alien spaceship hover over the city and seemingly does nothing. Meanwhile the alien inhabitants are filtered into District 9 by a violent international organization meant to deal with the aliens. Act 1: 32:03 Act 2: 1:01:27 Act 3: 1:39:11 Director - Neill Blomkamp Cinematographer - Trent Opaloch Written by - Neill Blomkamp...

We dive into the weird world of The Dark Knight. In a violent city a vigilante billionaire must prove to an agent of chaos that normal people can be moral in dangerous times. Act 1: 36:01 Act 2: 1:19:40 Act 3: 2:09:33 Director - Christopher Nolan Cinematographer - Wally Pfister Written by - Jonathan Nolan and Christopher Nolan , Christopher Nolan & David S. Goyer Cast - Christian Bale ,Heath L...

We dive into the weird world of No Country for Old Men. A guy finds a bag of millions of dollars and tries to get away with the money while a lifeless sociopath hunts him down. Act 1: 27:30 Act 2: 1:03:15 Act 3: 1:52:16 Director - Ethan Coen Joel Coen Cinematographer -Roger Deakins Written by - Joel Coen & Ethan Coen (screenplay) Cormac McCarthy (novel) Cast - Tommy Lee Jones, Javier Bardem, J...

We dive into the weird world of Children of Men. In a violent future where there hasn't been a birth for 18 years, an alcoholic nihilist has to escort a pregnant lady to a group of scientist that may exist.

We dive into the world world of War of the Worlds. A divorced father and his kids have to run through the American Northeast as the power stops working after violent aliens ride death machines that come from underneath the Earth. Act 1: 18:55 Act 2: 55:21 Act 3: 1:59:20 Director - Steven Spielberg Cinematographer - Janusz Kaminski Written by - Josh Friedman and David Koepp (screenplay) H.G. Wells...

We dive into the weird world of Collateral. In a violent Los Angeles a hitman takes a Taxi on a night of murder. Act 1: 27:24 Act 2: 1:03:33 Act 3: 2:02:53 Director - Michael Mann Cinematographer - Dion Beebe, Paul Cameron Written by - Stuart Beattie Cast - Tom Cruise, Jamie Foxx, Jada Pinkett Smith

We dive into the weird world of The Dark Knight. In a violent city a billionaire vigilante must prove to an agent of chaos that normal people can be moral in a moment of certain doom. Act 1: 36:01 Act 2: 1:19:40 Act 3: 2:09:33 Director - Christopher Nolan Cinematographer - Wally Pfister Written by - Jonathan Nolan and Christopher Nolan , Christopher Nolan & David S. Goyer Cast - Christian Bale...

We dive into the weird world of Oldboy. A drunk is abducted and held captive for 15 years then is suddenly released and commit violent retribution in order to uncover the mystery of why he was abducted. Act 1: 25:30 Act 2: 49:50 Act 3: 1:24:17 Director - Park Chan-wook Cinematographer - Chung-hoon Chung Written by - Park Chan-wook, Joon-hyung Lim , Jo-yun Hwang Based on Manga by Garon Tsuchiya Nob...

We dive into the weird world of Minority Report. In a violent future precrime has been created to stop murders before they happen, arresting and imprisoning the suspected murderers who haven't actually murdered. Prolouge: 25:02 Act 1: 55:10 Act 2: 1:18:50 Act 3: 1:57:20 Director - Steven Spielberg Cinematographer - Janusz Kaminski Written by - Scott Frank and Jon Cohen, Philip K. Dick story by...

We dive into the weird world of Ichi the Killer. A violent Yakuza boss is killed by a violent and mentally ill Ichi, who is then chased after by a violent and sadomasochist enforcer. Act 1: 37:41 Act 2: 55:54 Act 3: 1:32:01 Director - Takashi Miike Cinematographer - Hideo Yamamoto Written by - Sakichi Sato (screenplay) Hideo Yamamoto (manga) Cast - Tadanobu Asano Nao Ômori Shin'ya Tsukamoto

We dive into the weird world of The Way of the Gun. A couple of violent drifters with uncommon skills happen upon an opportunity to ransom a pregnant woman. Act 1: 22:07 Act 2: 47:51 Act 3: 1:28:52 Director - Christopher McQuarrie Cinematographer - Dick Pope Written by - Christopher McQuarrie Cast - Ryan Phillippe Benicio Del Toro Juliette Lewis

We dive into the weird world of the Matrix. A violent group of gun toting kung fu hackers make contact with a mild mannered corporate worker who is a hacktivist at night. Act 1: 26:58 Act 2: 58:42 Act 3: 1:43:46 Director - The Wachowski’s Cinematographer - Bill Pope Written by - The Wachowski’s Cast - Keanu Reeves Laurence Fishburne Carrie-Anne Moss

We dive into the weird world of Ronin. Violent cold war assets that are now mercenaries are gathered to do an ambush job in Paris to grab a mysterious case. Act 1: 28:57 Act 2: 48:08 Act 3: 1:49:34 Director - John Frankenheimer Cinematographer - Robert Fraisse   Written by - J.D. Zeik and David Mamet   Cast - Robert De Niro Jean Reno Natascha McElhone

We dive into the weird world of Starship Troopers. In a violent future a utopian fascist Earth fights giant bugs across the universe without the capability of deliberation. Act 1: 32:04 Act 2: 1:11:11 Act 3: 2:17:21 Director - Paul Verhoeven Cinematographer - Jost Vacano Written by - Edward Neumeier (screenplay) Robert A. Heinlein (book) Cast - Casper Van Dien, Denise Richards, Dina Meyer

We dive into the weird world of From Dusk Till Dawn. Violent Brothers rob a bank and make a run for the border by hijacking a family and their RV. They end up in a biker and trucker bar that hides a secret of Aztec vampires. Act 1: 27:27 Act 2: 1:18:34 Act 3: 1:58:10 Director - Robert Rodriguez Cinematographer - Guillermo Navarro Written by -   Quentin Tarantino (screenplay) Robert Kurtzman (story...

We dive into the weird world of Heat. An elaborate armored car robbery turns violent when Waingro screws everything up. This high end crew now catches the attention of Robbery Homicide and the heat is closing in.

We dive into the weird world of Speed. A violent bomber is holding the public hostage with eccentrically activated bombs. Act 1: 29:24 Act 2: 1:07:54 Act 3: 2:07:36 Director - Jan de Bont Cinematographer - Andrzej Bartkowiak   Written by - Graham Yost Cast - Keanu Reeves Dennis Hopper Sandra Bullock

We dive into the weird world of Demolition Man. A man from the violent past is unfrozen to assassinate an underground leader, and a violent cop is unfrozen to stop him. Act 1: 19:02 Act 2: 1:08:24 Act 3: 2:09:09 Director - Marco Brambilla Cinematographer - Alex Thomson   Written by - Daniel Waters and Robert Reneau and  Peter M. Lenkov   Cast - Sylvester Stallone Wesley Snipes Sandra Bullock

We dive into the weird world of Freejack. In a violent future old rich people steal bodies from the past just before they die in order to take over their bodies in the future. Act 1: 31:14 Act 2: 58:24 Act 3: 1:44:19 Director - Geoff Murphy Cinematographer - Amir Mokri   Written by - Steven Pressfield & Ronald Shusett and Dan Gilroy   Robert Sheckley (novel) Cast - Emilio Estevez Mick Jagger R...

We dive into the weird world of Backdraft. Brian's dad is violently killed while fighting a fire and then he grows up and is reluctantly moved toward being a fireman. Also there's a murder a corruption plot. Act 1: 21:38 Act 2: 54:04 Act 3: 1:42:13 Director - Ron Howard Cinematographer - Mikael Salomon   Written by - Gregory Widen Cast - Kurt Russell William Baldwin Robert De Niro

We dive into the weird world of Mac Max Beyond Thunderdome. In a violent post apocalypse a town using gladiatorial combat to settle personal disputes in the Thunderdome, and then we go beyond Thunderdome. Act 1: 32:44 Act 2: 1:05:07 Act 3: 2:07:52 Director - George Miller George Ogilvie Cinematographer - Dean Semler   Written by - Terry Hayes & George Miller   Cast - Mel Gibson Tina Turner   B...

We dive into the weird world of Memphis Belle. In a violent air war in World War II, a bomber group gets sent in to bomb a German factory, if they survive this bombing mission it will be the Memphis Belle end of it tour of duty. Act 1: 21:44 Act 2: 1:11:55 Act 3: 1:57:36 Director - Michael Caton-Jones Cinematographer - David Watkin   Written by - Monte Merrick Cast - Matthew Modine Eric Stoltz Tat...